Max Valier (February 9, 1895 – May 17, 1930) was an Austrian rocketry pioneer.
He helped found the German Verein für Raumschiffahrt (VfR - "Spaceflight Society") that would bring together many of the minds that would later make spaceflight a reality in the 20th century.
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